Xiaoping Zou received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. degrees from the Second Military Medical University. In 2005, he joined the Department of Gastroenterology, atNanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University medical school, and was appointed as professor later.  Currently, Xiaoping Zou serves as the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy. He has been recognized as an expert with State Council Special Allowance and Nanjing Municipal Special Allowance. His primary research interests lie in the clinical and basic research of digestive tract tumors, with a specific focus on pancreatic cancer.